An early morning 50km ride for 54-year-old retiree Jane Ong on Nov 7 included a tasty detour when the recreational cyclist made an additional 20km journey from Tanjong Pagar to Katong to buy curry puffs from Olympic kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder.
Maeder, 18, made a special appearance at his favourite curry puff shop, Soon Soon Huat, from 7.30am to noon to help serve the local snack to customers.
Ahead of the World Sailing Awards on Nov 5, the teenager, who claimed the men's kitefoiling bronze at the Paris Olympics, had promised to work at a curry puff stall for a day if he won the Young World Sailor of the Year award.
Voting for the award, which he clinched, was open to the public.
Ms Ong, who admitted that she did not like curry puffs, said: "I already did 50km, we (her cycling group) did a ride from Toa Payoh to the Southern Ridges and finished at Tanjong Pagar, and then it is an additional 20km to come here.
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